Doughty House

Doughty House
District
Richmond, west London
Type
Mithraic temple / cult headquarters
Claimed By
Pater [Thomas](/npcs/thomas-gerhieren/) ([Roger de Camden](/npcs/roger-de-camden/))
Theme
The Dead Hand That Still Holds
Mood
Victorian gentility concealing ancient ritual
City
London

Function in Play

  • The largest surviving Mithraic temple in London.
  • Managed by “Pater Thomas” — actually Roger de Camden operating from the Shadowlands through mortal and ghoul intermediaries.
  • The house serves as a meeting place for the most senior surviving cult cell.
  • Six separate Mithraic cells operated in London at the turn of the 20th century; this is the headquarters.
  • In 1969, the cult is diminished but functional — perhaps 20-30 mortal cultists and 2-3 Kindred who remember the old ways.

Physical Read

  • A grand Victorian house in Richmond’s affluent streets. Immaculate gardens.
  • The basement contains a small mithraeum — low-ceilinged stone chamber, bull-slaying relief, benches for 40 worshippers, and an altar stained with centuries of blood that no amount of cleaning removes.